Weighing scale



Nov. 1, 1927. 1,647,308

0, c.- REEVES WEIGHING SCALE original Filed May 31, 1924 Patented Nov. 1, 1927.

VIUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ORWELL C. REEVES, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO TOLEDOjSGALE COMPANY, OF

TOLEDO, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

WEIGHING SCALE.

Original application filed May 31, 1924, Serial No. 717,033, and in Canada July 11, 1924. Divided and this application filed January 24, 1927. Serial No. 163,004.

cylinder type, and one of its principal objects is to provide an improved means for mounting a dash pot in the Weighing scale.

Another obj ect' of the invention is the provision of means to improve the .appearance of joints between the scale frame and dash pot when such parts are finished in porcelain enamel or other vitreous coating.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description, in

i which reference is had to the accompanying drawings illustrating a preferred embodiment of my invention and whereinsimilar reference numerals designate similar parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings Figure I is a side elevation of a weighing scale of the cylinder type;

Figure II is an enlarged fragmentary detain sectional view of a portion of the base of the scale showing the method of mounting the dash pot.

Referring to the drawings, the base 1, upright housing 2, chart housing 3, lever 4, commodity-receiver 5 and load-counterbalancing mechanism (not shown) are of the same general construction as that illustrated and described in U. S. Patent to I-Iapgood, No. 1,166,128, patented December 28, 1915. The framework, housings and the exposed working parts of the scale of the present invention are, however, intended to be finished in porcelain enamel or with other vitreous coating, and. one of the main features of this invention is particularly valuable when employed in scales so finished.

The commodity-receiver 5 is connected by means of a spider stem 6 to a check link (not shown) which is located under the base, and the lever 4 is connected by means of a plunger rod 7 to a dash potor vibration retarding means 9. In order to protect the spider enamel, as indicated at 11. It is secured to the base 1 by means of a'screw 12 extending from beneath the base into a boss 13 formed on the member 10. The upper end of the and scope of the subjoined claims.

Having described my invention, I claim: 1. In a weighing scale, 1n combination, a

frame having an opening, a cover for said opening, and a dash pot secured to said cover and extending downwardly through said opening. V V

4 2. In a weighing scale, incombination, a base having an opening, a cover for said opening, and a dash pot secured to said cover and extending downwardly through said opening.

3. In a weighing scale, in combination, a

vitreous coated scale frame having an opening, a vitreous coated cover for said opening, and a dash pot secured to said cover and extending downwardly through said opening.

4. In a weighing scale, in combination, a vitreous coated. base having an opening, a vitreous coated cover for said opening, and

a dash pot secured to said cover and extend ing downwardly through said opening.

ORWELL C. REEVES. 

